- Date
- July 10, 1986, 20:15 local (Jul 11, 1986, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sunnymead, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704GWCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860710031889A
- Case key
- 25210
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The newly certificated flight instructor departed on a local dual instructional flight with a first hour primary student. The CFI said that 'due to numerous distractions' he 'forgot to check the fuel level and departed on the flight without an adequate fuel supply.' After about a one hour flight, the CFI said the engine quit 'due to fuel starvation' and the aircraft collided with a ditch and trees during the subsequent forced landing in a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704GW
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078609
- Airframe hours
- 4,480
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Blue Lagoonlying Service
- Registered owner
- Debra J. Manning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 548 total · 104 in this make and model · 137 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.